6 must-read nonfiction books like Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War by Frances FitzGerald

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Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War

By: Frances FitzGerald

3.72

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Using the Star Wars missile defense program as a magnifying glass on his presidency, Pulitzer Prize…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War by Frances FitzGerald , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)

By: Naomi Novik

3.90

Format: 398 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Britain intercepted a French ship and its precious cargo–an unhatched dragon’s egg–Capt. Will … read more

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"...It seems to me,"

-Naomi Novik, Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)

"I do not care if Laurence tells me not to squash you"

-Naomi Novik, Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)

"I am very tired of this Government, which I have never seen, and which is always insisting that I must do disagreeable things, and does no good to anybody."

-Naomi Novik, Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)

"Those men want to take Laurence from me, and put him in prison, and execute him, and I will not let them, ever, and I do not care if Laurence tells me not to squash you," he added, fiercely, to Lord …"

-Naomi Novik, Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)

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2. A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9)

By: John Le Carré

3.88

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, other… read more

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"When the truth finally catches up to you, don't be a hero and run."

-John Le Carré, A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9)

"شما همه مریض هستید. شما جاسوس‌ها. شماها درمان درد نیستید، خود مرض هستید. هنرمندان ارضای خودتان هستید. بازی‌تان هم برای ارضای خودتان است. ولی پیش خودتان خیال می‌کنید بزرگ‌ترین عقلای کوفتی جهان شماهایی…"

-John Le Carré, A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9)

"خب، بالاخره وقت حساب پس دادن است. بالاخره وقتش رسیده برای سوال‌های سخت جواب‌های سرراست بگیرم. سوالاتی مثل جورج، آیا تو آگاهانه انسانیت را در من سرکوب کردی، یا من هم جزء عوارض جانبی بودم؟ یا مثل انسان…"

-John Le Carré, A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9)

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3. The Thin Man

By: Dashiell Hammett

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve h… read more

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4. Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #24)

By: Agatha Christie

5.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Amyas Crale, un peintre celebre, a ete assassine, et sa femme, condamnee pour ce meurtre. Seize ans… read more

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5. The Shadow Rising (Wheel of Time, #4)

By: Robert Jordan

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The seals of Shayol Ghul are weak now, and the Dark One reaches out. The Shadow is rising to cover … read more

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6. The Red Badge of Courage

By: Stephen Crane

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more

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7. The Russia House

By: John Le Carré

4.12

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

John le Carre's bestselling classic is a timeless spy thriller about the Iron Curtain and the tense… read more

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8. Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, #4)

By: Naomi Novik

2.00

Format: 232 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Tragedy has struck His Majesty's Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and thei… read more

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9. Victory of Eagles (Temeraire, #5)

By: Naomi Novik

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

Naomi Novik's triumphant debut, His Majesty's Dragon, introduced a dynamic new pair of heroes to th… read more

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10. Tongues of Serpents (Temeraire, #6)

By: Naomi Novik

4.00

Format: 258 pages,

A dazzling blend of military history, high-flying fantasy, and edge-of-your-seat adventure, Naomi N… read more

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11. White Noise

By: Don DeLillo

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The National Book Award-winning classic from the author of Underworld and Libra, now a Netflix film… read more

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"The vast and terrible depth." “Of course,"

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"You are the happy one. I am the doomed fool."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"The family is the cradle of the world's misinformation."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

12. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar

By: Simon Sebag Montefiore

4.44

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

This widely acclaimed biography provides a vivid and riveting account of Stalin and his courtiers--… read more

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13. Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980

By: Rick Perlstein

4.34

Format: 1107 pages, Hardcover

A complex portrait of President Ronald Reagan that charts the rise of the modern conservative brand… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
Cover of Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson

14. Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries

By: Rick Emerson

3.96

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

Two teens. Two diaries. Two social panics. One incredible fraud. In 1971, Go Ask Alice reinvente… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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15. The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future

By: Franklin Foer

3.87

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Franklin Foer tells the definitive insider story of the first two years of the Biden presidency, wi… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
Cover of Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness by Elizabeth D. Samet

16. Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness

By: Elizabeth D. Samet

3.60

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In Looking for the Good War, Elizabeth D. Samet reexamines the literature, art, and culture that em… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Our national problem has not been ignoring the Civil War, but turning it into a kind of theme park in which nostalgia and mendacity have eclipsed the raw and unpleasant truth that one army fought, an…"

-Elizabeth D. Samet, Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness

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17. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

By: John Ganz

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War by Frances FitzGerald

18. Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War

By: Frances FitzGerald

3.72

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Using the Star Wars missile defense program as a magnifying glass on his presidency, Pulitzer Prize… read more

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  • american history
  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • united states
  • nonfiction

6 best-selling history books like Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War by Frances FitzGerald

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Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980

Rick Perlstein

4.34

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Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries

Rick Emerson

3.96

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The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future

Franklin Foer

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness

Elizabeth D. Samet

3.60

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The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America

Greg Grandin

4.29

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G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

Beverly Gage

4.37

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Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980

Rick Perlstein

4.34

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Watergate: A New History

Garrett M. Graff

4.49

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